My father’s passion in life was helping people, especially strangers.
He always initiated his own mission trips overseas wherever he saw a need,
touching many lives in the process. Whenever news hit reporting natural
disasters or something major happening in other countries, we knew we
wouldn’t see our father for a while since he would be there in a
heartbeat. There was no limit to his love. Contributing with donations
was not enough for him – he had to get physically involved in these
organizations all around the world. One of the most recent projects he
wanted to get involved with was going to the Henan Province in China where
up to 40% are HIV positive. Even among missions trips, this was definitely
“less glamorous” – many missionaries were hesitant to
go to this region of China. To my father, this was more of a reason to
go. Our family discouraged his idealism strongly but my father continued
talking about it in hopes we would change our mind. After the recent tragedy,
the family has decided to support in physical and financial forms towards
these charities in his memory.